Physiological and proteomic adaptation of the alpine grass Stipa purpurea to a drought gradient.

Stipa purpurea, an endemic forage species on the Tibetan Plateau, is highly resistant to cold and drought, but the mechanisms underlying its responses to drought stress remain elusive. An understanding of such mechanisms may be useful for developing cultivars that are adaptable to water deficit. In...

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Main Authors: Yunqiang Yang, Chao Dong, Shihai Yang, Xiong Li, Xudong Sun, Yongping Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4315458?pdf=render